Cycle stand

ABSTRACT

A separate stand for a bicycle comprising an elongated member, having a transverse hook at one end thereof, a bent out leg, at the opposite end, and a crank housing offset intermediate the ends of the member, and a stiffening member secured to the elongated member adjacent the hook and also adjacent the bend of the leg, said stiffening member also including a like crank housing supporting offset, and an appositely bent leg.

United States Patent 1 91 Townsend 1 CYCLE STAND [75] Inventor: Almon F.Townsend, Worcester,

Mass.

[73] Assignee: Persons-Majestic Mfg. Company,

. Worcester, Mass.

22 Filed: July 21,1971

[21] Appl.No.: 164,715

52 us. c1. ..280/293 511 1111.01. ..B62l1 3/10 [58] Field of Search..280/293-303; 1 248/226 'R [5 6] References Cited uNmzn STATES PATENTS535,160 3/1895 Campbell .L ..280/293 11 3,712,637 1451 Jan. 23, 1973969,920 9/1910 Taylor ..280/303 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS I 5/1954France ..280/293 Primary Exqminer-Kenneth H. Betts Attorney- -Charles R.Fay

[57] ABSTRACT A separate stand for a bicycle comprising an elongatedmember, having a transverse hook at one end thereof, a bent out leg, atthe opposite end, and a crank housing offset intermediate the ends ofthe member, and a stiffening member secured to the elongated memberadjacent the hook and also adjacent the bend of the leg, said stiffeningmember also including a like crank housing supporting offset, and anappositely bent leg.

1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures PATENTEDJAN 23 ms fih INVENTOR ALMON F.TOWNSEND ATTORNEY 1 CYCLE STAND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION called girlsbicycles, this is an awkward procedure.

The prior art U-shaped bicycle stand, regardless of how heavy they maybe made and regardless of extraneous devices for securing the legstogether, nevertheless tend to spread under the weight of the bicycle;and in fact if pressure is placed on the bicycle to tend to move it in aforward direction, the legs forming the U-shaped member will tend towalk in a forward direction, so that not only is the U-shaped standdifficult or atleast inconvenient to apply to the bicycle frame, but italso does not support it very efficiently.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a bicycle standfor display of the bicycle without interference with the derailleurapparatus, and which is also convenient for domestic use, which can beeasily applied from one side only of the bicycle frame, and in which thelegs for the stand do not tend to spread.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A bicycle stand that is separate from thebicycle comprising an elongated member having a hook at one end, thehook being adapted to be applied to the frame of the bicycle just inadvance of the crank housing, said member having a jog or offsetintermediate the ends thereof for insertion under the crank housingsupporting the same and the entire rear portion of the bicycle. Theelongated member then extends downwardly to the ground terminating in abent out leg. The member has a stiffening element in the form of a rodor the like having an upper end thereof secured to the elongated memberadjacent the hook and extending outwardly (laterally) in spacedrelation, and also having a crank above ground level while the frontwheel 18 is on the ground.

The bicycle stand comprises an elongated rod member generally indicatedat 20, see FIGS. 2 and 3. This elongated rod has a transversely benthook portion 22, which is preferably encased in a simple tubular plasticmember to prevent scratching frame member 10. This hook is clearly shownin FIG. 3 as extending laterally of the general length ofthe rod 20.

The rod 20 is provided with an offset orjog at 24 intermediate the endthereof. This offset extends upwardly in more or less the same directionas the hook except that it is a longitudinally arranged offset asrespects rod 20 and is not transverse with respect thereto as is thehook. From the offset 24 the rod member 20 extends downwardly as at 26in FIG. 2 and at 28 is bent outwardly oppositely from the hook to formleg 30 having a foot 32.

housing supporting jog or offset complementary to the I BRIEFDESCRIPTIONIO-F THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view in elevationillustratingthe novel bicycle stand in operation;

FIG. 2 is a view on an enlarged scale showing the stand in sideelevation; and

FIG. 3 is a plan view looking in the direction of arrow 3 in FIG. 2. L

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION As shown. in FIG. 1, the stand isapplied to any conventional bicycle having any usual frame member 10extending forwardly and upwardly from the crank housing 12 to the forkhead. The stand forming the present invention is generally indicated bythe reference numeral 14, and maintains the rear wheel 16 The rod 20 isprovided with a stiffening element 34. This is attached at one end as bywelding or any other convenient means at 36 to the rod member 20adjacent the base of the hook 22. From this connection 36 the stiffeningelement extends outwardly away from rod member 20 in the direction'ofthe hook as shown at 38 and is provided with a jog or offset 40 which isthe same as the offset 24 spaced therefrom a considerable distance,i.e., enough to solidly contact and support the crank housing 12, tosupport the bicycle.

From the offset at 40 the rod 34 extends inwardly toward rod 20 as inthe area at 42 being connected thereto at 44 by any means such aswelding, bolts, etc., and thereafter at 46 it extends out oppositely toleg 30 forming its own leg which has a foot 48.

. In the use of the device it is merely necessary to place the hook 22over frame member 10, lift the rear wheel slightly so as to allow theoffsets at 24 and 40 to lie under the crank housing 12. The hook 22 mayof course be applied to frame member 10 at any point longitudinallythereof so that the offsets 2 4, 40 will underlie and support the crankhousing, and so that the rear wheel is supported off the ground.

I claim:

1. The combinationv of a bicycle having a frame, wheels, and a crankhousing, with a stand comprising an elongated member having a pair ofgenerally straight portions at an angle to each other, each portionhaving a free end, a hook at the free end of one of said portions, anoffset intermediate the ends of said portions, the other of saidportions having another bend transversely with respect thereto adjacentthe offset,

' and an elongated stiffening member comprising a pair of portionsarranged at an angle to each other, an offset between said stiffeningmember portions, the offsets being aligned, each of said portions havinga free end, the free end of one of said portions being secured to one ofthe portions of the first member having the hook, the point ofsecurement of the members being adjacent to but short of the hook, saidmembers diverging from the point of securement to the offsets and thenconverging to a I point of contact, the members being secured at thepoint of contact, the members thereafter diverging and formingsupporting legs for the stand, said offsets being spaced and providing asupport for the crank housing of the bicycle while the hook is engagedover a frame portion of the bicycle adjacent the crank housing.

1. The combination of a bicycle having a frame, wheels, and a crankhousing, with a stand comprising an elongated member having a pair ofgenerally straight portions at an angle to each other, each portionhaving a free end, a hook at the free end of one of said portions, anoffset intermediate the ends of said portions, the other of saidportions having another bend transversely with respect thereto adjacentthe offset, and an elongated stiffening member comprising a pair ofportions arranged at an angle to each other, an offset between saidstiffening member portions, the offsets being aligned, each of saidportions having a free end, the free end of one of said portions beingsecured to one of the portions of the first member having the hook, thepoint of securement of the members being adjacent to but short of thehook, said members diverging from the point of securement to the offsetsand then converging to a point of contact, the members being secured atthe point of contact, the members thereafter diverging and formingsupporting legs for the stand, said offsets being spaced and providing asupport for the crank housing of the bicycle while the hook is engagedover a frame portion of the bicycle adjacent the crank housing.